Brain Flashcards
Forebrain
manages complex cognitive activities, sensory and associative functions, and voluntary motor activities (cerebral cortex, thalamus, hypothalamus)
Midbrain
atop the brainstem, connects the hindbrain with the forebrain; it also controls some movement and transmits information that enables our seeing and hearing.
Hindbrain
contains brainstem structures that direct essential survival functions, such as our breathing, sleeping, arousal, coordination, and balance (pons, medulla, cerebellum)
medulla
control heartbeat and breathing
Thalamus
sends sensory messages to the cortex (no smell) and replies to cerebellum and medulla.
Pons
coordination of movement and control sleep
reticular formation
arousal +sensory messages travel from spinal cord to thalamus, a filter, relaying important information to other brain areas. + multitasking
Cerebellum
judgement of time, discrimination of sound and texture, control emotions, uc memory, voluntary movements and life-sustaining functions
limbic system
emotions and contains amygdala, hippocampus, hypothalamus
amygdala
enables aggression and fear
Hypothalamus
helps your body maintain a steady state
hippocampus
processes conscious and explicit memory
cerebral cortex
learning and thinking, adapting to ever-changing environments.
somatosensory areas
body touch and movement sensation
association areas
higher mental functions, such as learning, remembering, thinking, and speaking.
corpus callosum
connecting the two hemispheres and carrying messages between them
frontal lobe
speaking and muscle movements and in making plans and judgments.
parietal lobe
receives sensory input for touch and body position.
occipital lobes
receive information from the visual fields.
temporal lobes
receive information from the ears.
right hemisphere
Excels in making inferences or reasoned conclusions
Helps fine-tune human speech
left hemisphere
t making quick, exact interpretations of language
